Ravi Varman

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Not to be confused with Ravi Varma.
For 14th century warrior king of Quilon, Kerala, see Ravivarman Kulaśēkhara.

Ravi Varman
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Varman in 2011
Born (1972-05-09) 9 May 1972 (age 51)
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
NationalityIndian
OccupationDirector of photography, Film Director
Years active1999—present

S. Ravi Varman (born 9 May 1972) is an Indian cinematographer, filmmaker, producer and writer. He has predominantly worked in films of Indian languages such as Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi. Known for his realistic and poetic framing sense, Ravi Varman began his career in Malayalam films. He has directed a romantic film in Tamil titled Moscowin Kavery and also filmed the music video for the song "Bird Flu" by British Tamil songwriter M.I.A..

Early life[edit]

Ravi Varman was born in a village called Poyyoundarkudikkadu near Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Varman lost his mother at a young age. Just before she died there was a wedding in his neighborhood and his mother's image was accidentally captured by the wedding photographer in one of the photos. Varman went to the studio and asked for a picture to be enlarged and learnt what "out of focus" meant. Thus, he developed an interest in photography and grew up with a passion for watching movies – though at the time, he never considered working in film as a possible career.[1]

Career[edit]

He started his career by assisting cinematographer Ravi K Chandran. After working in Malayalam films since 1999 for three years, he worked in Bollywood for the film Yeh Dil in 2003. He later worked in the Telugu film Jai and received more offers in Hindi, such as Armaan, Bee Busthar, Ramji Londonwale, and Phir Milenge, His next project is going to be with Maniratnam.[2]

Though a Tamilian, it was not until 2002 when he started to work in Tamil films, with his first one being Susi Ganeshan's Five Star. He continued to work with popular directors as cinematographer in Tamil films, including S. Shankar's Anniyan, Gautham Menon's Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, K. S. Ravikumar's Dasavathaaram and Villu, which was directed by Prabhu Deva.[3] Besides feature films, he has credit of working on more than 500 Television Commercials, Music Albums, Short Films and Documentary. Nonetheless, his flair for literature has led him to embark on writing for an on-line literary magazine 'Yavarum kelir' for Tamiz studio.

Awards and honours[edit]

Filmography[edit]

As director[edit]

  • Moscowin Kavery (2010)
  • Treasure Music Video (2011) Also as Cinematographer and Lyricist

As producer[edit]

As cinematographer[edit]

Films[edit]

Year Film Language Notes
1999 Jalamarmaram Malayalam
2000 Sathyam Sivam Sundaram Malayalam
2000 Santham Malayalam
2001 Valliettan Malayalam
2001 Vakkalathu Narayanankutty Malayalam
2002 Five Star Tamil
2003 Yeh Dil Hindi
2003 Jai Telugu
2003 Armaan Hindi
2003 Kilichundan Mampazham Malayalam
2003 Bee Busthar Malayalam
2004 Five by Four English
2004 Phir Milenge Hindi
2004 Autograph Tamil Collaborated with Vijay Milton
2005 Anniyan Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer – South[lower-alpha 1]
2005 Ramji Londonwale Hindi
2006 Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu Tamil Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
2008 Dasavathaaram Tamil
2009 Villu Tamil
2010 Kandahar Malayalam Collaborated with Velraj
2011 Badrinath Telugu
2012 Barfi! Hindi
2013 Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela Hindi Zee Cine Awards 2014 - Best Cinematography
2014 Ugramm Kannada
2015 Tamasha Hindi
2017 Kaatru Veliyidai Tamil Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards for Best Cinematography

Vijay Award for Best Cinematographer Behindwoods Gold Medal for Best Cinematographer

2017 Jagga Jasoos Hindi Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography
2017 Heartbeats English
2018 Sanju Hindi
2019 Mission Mangal Hindi
2019 Kolaambi Malayalam
TBA
Bole Chudiyan Hindi
2022 Ponniyin Selvan Films that have not yet been released Tamil Post-production

As guest cinematographer[edit]

Year Film Language Notes
1999 Vaali Tamil
2001 Minnale Tamil 2 songs
2011 7aum Arivu Tamil 1 Song

As partial cinematographer[edit]

Music videos[edit]

Documentaries[edit]

  • Child Environment

Legacy[4][edit]

Ravi Varman is one of the finest cinematographer in India. Top stars like Shah Rukh Khan are ready to adjust their dates to work with Ravi.

SRK also advised his son Aryan to start his career by assisting Ravi Varman. He also directed a film (Moscowin Kavery).The film wasn't a great success at box office but the heroine he introduced, found her way to fame (Samantha).

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ Jointly awarded with V. Manikandan

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Interview with cinematographer Ravi Varman". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  2. ↑ https://raatnam.com/mani-ratnams-heads-overseas-for-a-marathon-shoot/
  3. ↑ "RAVI VARMAN - The Director, Cinematographer - Sunday special Interview on Dasavatharam Cinematographer Ravi Varman". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Ravi K Varman on how he become a cinematographer, and why Mani Ratnam is his favourite director-Entertainment News , Firstpost". 3 September 2019.

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